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96 Song to chart and the band leaves in two weeks.
At a rehearsal, you are given 5 pages of measure after measure of music to play.
Auditions, how to do you prepare?
Bands and shows, how do you keep organized?
Many drummers every day are faced with this problem and are forced to solve the problem either by hoping they can memorize all the songs or write an unorganized, hard to read drum chart from scratches they wrote upon a napkin and hope they get it right. Every day, drummers have to play it right the first time without drum music because most composers don’t know how to write drum music and a chart is not available. Drummers are constantly told to just play and then are criticized for not playing it the way the composer/songwriter envisioned the song to sound.
Highly qualified drummers are seeking a solution to a problem that will help them solve all these problems so they can play with confidence, play it right the first time and land better jobs. Beginning drummers and drummers who ready to go pro would jump at a solution to a problem that would help them play with confidence and land a job to accelerate their careers to reach their musical goals. The professionals 25-65 know there is a problem. The 18-24-year-olds are about to find out that there is a problem.
With 40 years of professional music experience, we have solved that problem for drummers, songwriters, and composers with the book “How to Write A Fast and Easy Drum Chart,” Alfred Publishing. We started with a drum chart store called Easy Drum Chart to selling the book and it quickly expanded to selling the single charts we enjoyed writing. With this simple concept, we have designed an online tool to create a simple and easy drum chart fast and easy. This tool is the first of its kind to help drummers, songwriters, and composers to create a drum chart for all of their projects and bands that they work with. Along with a community membership website, drummers are able to create and share charts globally, helping one another to achieve success.
This program is called DrumChartBuilder.
Drum Chart Builder Is an Innovative Tool for Drummers to Create Drum Music.
Drum Chart Builder is a new online drum charting software enabling drummers to create drum music from songs heard on a recording. Created by Liz Ficalora, professional drummer and author of “How to Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chart,” this software will take the drummer step by step towards creating a drum chart for cover and original music. Just like a word document, drummers will be able to open a new blank chart add song form, drum patterns, drum fills, accents and pickups, print, share and archive the completed chart.
This product is sold to drummers, songwriters, teachers, schools, colleges and composers.
Easy Drum Chart is an online music education publishing company specializing in drum sheet music of songs, Drum Charting books and clinics and Drumchartbuilder.com a drum music software program.
The company offers products, software and services for professional to beginner drummers, percussionists, teachers, composers and songwriters. Products and services offering are simple one page drum sheet music of songs for download, drum chart templates, instruction books, drum charting services, webinars and live clinics
Endorsed by Remo, Vic Firth, Alfred Publishing, Louie Bellson and Gary Chaffee, Jeff Salem, Rich Redmond.
Currently goals are to expanding master classes to more colleges, schools and national music stores.
Primary Line of Business: Music Transcription to drum sheet music, Drum Charting Books, Drum Charting Education Clinic’s
Elizabeth A Ficalora – Owner and drum chart builder
Founded in 2015 located in Nashville, TN,
With an enduring and passionate commitment to building a community of drummers worldwide, our company is focused on helping drummers do what they love to do and that is play the drums.
About Liz Ficalora
Liz Ficalora is a drummer, clinician, author, teacher, audio engineer, producer, songwriter, and music software designer. She has been playing the drums for 50 years.
Her honors include being a published author with Alfred Publishing, First Place Award Winning Jingle Writer for Maxwell House Coffee, Best American Album Producer and Best Contemporary Song, JP Folks Award Show 2020, and a graduate of the Berklee College of Music.
As a performer, she has extensive performance and touring experience with Stella Parton, Charlie Louvin, Billy Prine, Madame Gandhi, Walter Egan, Carnival Cruise Line, Grand Rivers Variety Shows, Sterling, Calliope's Children Steel Band, The Larry Keeton Theatre, Nashville in Harmony Choir, and the Nashville Celebration Choir.
She has played with Pam Tillis and is currently working with The Sissel/Reid Band in Nashville TN.
During all her years of performing experience, Liz created and developed a drum charting method and authored the book, “How to Write A Fast and Easy Drum Chart,” published by Alfred Publishing.
This drum charting method book is endorsed by Remo, Louie Bellson and Gary Chaffee, This method is becoming the standard that is used by professional drummers worldwide. She has been featured in Tom Tom Magazine, Drum! Magazine, Rhythm Magazine and Berklee Today.
This book is available at Easy Drum Chart, a book and drum chart store.
After the release of her book, she created and designed a new drum charting software program called Drum Chart Builder. This program is an online professional tool for drummers, songwriters, and composers to create simple and easy drum charts and is available online and at Guitar Center.
"This is my dream, to create a program that becomes the standard in drum music software"
Liz Ficalora, CEO of Drum Chart Builder.
As an educator, Liz has taught master classes on drum charting at PAS International Conference, MTSU, TSU, 5 Star Drum Shops, Guitar Center, SAE Nashville, Nashville Musicians Union and on Tom Tom Magazine Chops TV.
She is currently producing Americana and Jazz music at her music production company called Ficalora Music Productions in Nashville TN.
Performance Credits
Pam Tillis, Nashville, TN. Percussionist
Stephanie Urbana Jones
Madame Gandhi
Stella Parton, Nashville, TN. Drummer and Back-up singer
Walter Egan, Nashville, TN. Percussionist
Sterling, County Touring Band, Nashville, TN Drummer
Jill Sissel Band, Nashville, TN. Drummer, Producer, Back-up singer
Charles Holt, Artist, Los Angeles, CA. Drummer/Percussionist
Alisa Marano, Artist/Songwriter, Los Angeles, CA. Percussionist/Backup Singer
Two Stories High, National New Thought Artists, Oregon. Drummer
Faith Reveria, National New Thought Artists, Franklin, TN. Drummer
Jack Fowler, National New Thought Artists Franklin, TN. Drummer
Jason and Demarco, National New Thought Artists, Franklin, TN. Drummer
First Church Unity Ensemble, Franklin, TN. Drummer, Producer
Benita Hill, Nashville, TN. Drummer
The Paint Sisters, Nashville Tn. Drummer, Producer, Back-up singer
Heather Davis Band, Nashville, TN. Drummer, Back-up singer
Charlie Louvin, Nashville, TN. Drummer
Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, FL. Writer, Arranger, Drummer, Percussionist, Back-up singer
Nashville Celebration Chorus, performing with the Nashville Symphony at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
Lisa Carver
Greg Forsman
Anne Mosher
Dave Pomeroy
Charlie Chadwick
The View, Boston, MA.
Calliopes Children Steel Band, Chappaqua, NY.
Opened for Colin Raye and Bryon White
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96 Song to chart and the band leaves in two weeks.
At a rehearsal, you are given 5 pages of measure after measure of music to play.
Auditions, how to do you prepare?
Bands and shows, how do you keep organized?
Many drummers every day are faced with this problem and are forced to solve the problem either by hoping they can memorize all the songs or
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